forsteal

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Obsolete form of forestall. alt-of,obsolete
动词 v.
  1. To steal away, rob, deprive. obsolete,transitive
    — Be ye not willing to hoard to you gold hoards on earth, where rust and moth fortake it, and where thieves delve it and forsteal, […]

词形变化

forsteals present,singular,third-person forstealing participle,present forstole past forstolen participle,past forsteals plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English forstelen, from Old English forstelan (“to steal away, steal, rob, deprive”), from Proto-Germanic *farstelaną, *frastelaną (“to steal, steal away”), equivalent to for- + steal. Cognate with Middle Low German vorstelen (“to steal away”), Middle High German ferstelan (“to steal away”).
词源 2
Variant of forestall.
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